During the Renaissance, the Medici family in Florence, Italy wore purple. (6) Since Antiquity, the color of kings and emperors, but mostly nonexistent in Renaissance and Medieval era due to near extinction of the snail used to make imperial purple. Imperial purple disappeared in 1453.
1 cup water -- 1/2 cup oatmeal. 1.5 [one and one-half cups] water -- 3/4 cup of oatmeal. Twice as much water as oats. The oatmeal to water ratio of 2 to 1 works for rolled oats. For steel cut oats, the proportion is 4 to 1 -- 1 cup of water and 1/4 cup of steel cut oats.
I made 2 servings of oatmeal each day for 10 days and it takes about 10-15 minutes each time. No complaints it arrived as advertised, though I've found out that I can get them as little as $1.50 a can locally at some of the Asian markets in Chinatown NYC, good for me, but perhaps not so easy to find in your area.